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As the vibrant colors of spring burst forth and the air fills with the sweet scent of blossoms, it's the perfect time to roll up your sleeves and tend to your garden. Whether you're a seasoned gar...
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Sacramento Center for Textile Arts hosts annual showcase featuring local craftspeople and artists
Artist and jewelry maker Anne DeStefano created this one-of-a-kind bead necklace. Her work will be featured at the annual Art to Wear and More show and sale. Photo courtesy Sacramento Center for Textile Arts
Ready to start – or finish – your holiday shopping? Here’s your chance to get one-of-a-kind gifts made by Sacramento area craftspeople and artists. (You’ll likely find something just right for yourself, too.)
This weekend, Nov. 11 and 12, the Sacramento Center for the Textile Arts hosts its annual Art to Wear and More show and sale, including fashion shows each day at 10 a.m.
This event packs Shepard Garden and Arts Center with creative and imaginative items that just happen also to be highly functional fashion. Dozens of artisans will offer their work as well as discuss how they made it. Several SCTA members use natural fibers and dyes and grow their own materials. (It’s a chance to learn about textile gardening.)
Sale hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Admission and parking are free.
“Please join us to view and purchase unique handcrafted items by our very talented local artists,” says the SCTA. “Works will include jewelry, handbags, needle arts, clothing, book arts and gift items.”
SCTA’s biggest event of the year, Art to Wear and More also features plenty of inspiration. “Connect with creative artists,” says SCTA, and perhaps discover a new passion.
Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, in McKinley Park.
Details: www.sactextilearts.org.
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Garden Checklist for week of May 19
Temperatures will be a bit higher than normal in the afternoons this week. Take care of chores early in the day – then enjoy the afternoon. It’s time to smell the roses.
* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. If you haven’t already, it’s time to set out those tomato transplants along with peppers and eggplants. Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.
* Direct-seed melons, cucumbers, summer squash, corn, radishes, pumpkins and annual herbs such as basil.
* Harvest cabbage, lettuce, peas and green onions.
* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters.
* Plant dahlia tubers. Other perennials to set out include verbena, coreopsis, coneflower and astilbe.
* Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia and verbena.
* Keep an eye out for slugs, snails, earwigs and aphids that want to dine on tender new growth.
* Feed summer bloomers with a balanced fertilizer.
* For continued bloom, cut off spent flowers on roses as well as other flowering plants.
* Don’t forget to water. Seedlings need moisture. Deep watering will help build strong roots and healthy plants.
* Add mulch to the garden to help keep that precious water from evaporating. Mulch also cuts down on weeds. But don’t let it mound around the stems or trunks of trees or shrubs. Leave about a 6-inch to 1-foot circle to avoid crown rot or other problems.
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